Kullaberg63
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My wife hogging the only phone at the ranger residence, Needles District, Canyonlands NP, 1991
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Took a nice walk in CVNP this weekend.
The cool temps and nearness to the holidays left the park nearly deserted.
Frigid weather did some cool things to Brandywine Falls/Creek too.
The cool temps and nearness to the holidays left the park nearly deserted.
Frigid weather did some cool things to Brandywine Falls/Creek too.
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Great photo of you "pushing" the gigantic boulder!View attachment 138431
Rabbit holes
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Rick and the legendary Ragman from the Pacific NW
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Love your partially frozen waterfall pic.
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Hey, use your influence to get that canyon renamed Hugh's Canyon.
Glad to see that you are back on a trail.
I've been sicker than a dog for a week now. It started with my throat glands and eventually moved up into my sinuses. I had some severe shiver bouts last Saturday and this past Monday. I didn't know if was the flu or just a really bad cold? I did get an influenza vaccine back in October but maybe that batch didn't have the right influenza in it that is now spiking in Utah. I'm hoping by this Saturday or Sunday I'll be back to 100%. Nasty stuff!
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Yuck. I was feverish for several days. It will pass.Hey, use your influence to get that canyon renamed Hugh's Canyon.
Glad to see that you are back on a trail.
I've been sicker than a dog for a week now. It started with my throat glands and eventually moved up into my sinuses. I had some severe shiver bouts last Saturday and this past Monday. I didn't know if was the flu or just a really bad cold? I did get an influenza vaccine back in October but maybe that batch didn't have the right influenza in it that is now spiking in Utah. I'm hoping by this Saturday or Sunday I'll be back to 100%. Nasty stuff!
I do want to move out somewhere remote @Bob , someday. haha
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We had a cold front move into the Salt lake Valley over the last couple of days bringing with it the coldest temps so far this winter. So yesterday, the 19th of January, I had a cold hike to the top of the Avenues Twin Peaks with 21 degrees (wind chill of 10) at the trailhead. I got to see two coyotes on this hike, the first along the ridge to the northeast of the north twin, and a second coyote making its way through some scrub oak while on my down.
And today at 16 degrees (wind chill of 3), I hiked to the summit of Mount Van Cott. Without question, the wind chill was below zero at the top of Van Cott as the winds were stronger than at the trailhead. I didn't last long up top as I got pretty cold once I stopped going uphill. The neat thing on this hike was that I got to see a herd of elk over on the south slope of Black Mountain Ridge. The were soaking up some sunshine on this cold day.
Avenues Twin Peaks - January 19th
South twin
Not a lot of snow here in the foothills
The trail that goes straight up the south twin ridge
Common storksbill still has some fall red to it.
Looking over at the north twin from the top of the south twin
Burro Peak, Grandview Peak and Black Mountain
Funky clouds over Mount Wire
Coyote on the ridgeline
Unfortunately, these guys are on my shit list.
(L-R) Triangle peak, Broads Fork Twin Peaks, Mount Olympus, and North and South Thunder Mountains with Olympus Cove below
Heading down. I like the contrast of the golden grass with the white snow
Coyote working its way through the scrub
Mount Van Cott - January 20th
Van Cott from the west
Worked my way up to the old Jeep road
Dry Canyon and the Avenues Twin Peaks, where I was the day before
A little more snow on this one than the twin peak hike
Summit shot. My fingers froze setting up the tripod and never really recovered
Elk on the south slope of Black Mountain Ridge
Zoomed in
Back at the Sube.
And then the quickest way that I have found to warm up is to have some chips and ghost pepper salsa when I get home. Makes one forget about frozen digits. From
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And today at 16 degrees (wind chill of 3), I hiked to the summit of Mount Van Cott. Without question, the wind chill was below zero at the top of Van Cott as the winds were stronger than at the trailhead. I didn't last long up top as I got pretty cold once I stopped going uphill. The neat thing on this hike was that I got to see a herd of elk over on the south slope of Black Mountain Ridge. The were soaking up some sunshine on this cold day.
Avenues Twin Peaks - January 19th
South twin
Not a lot of snow here in the foothills
The trail that goes straight up the south twin ridge
Common storksbill still has some fall red to it.
Looking over at the north twin from the top of the south twin
Burro Peak, Grandview Peak and Black Mountain
Funky clouds over Mount Wire
Coyote on the ridgeline
Unfortunately, these guys are on my shit list.
(L-R) Triangle peak, Broads Fork Twin Peaks, Mount Olympus, and North and South Thunder Mountains with Olympus Cove below
Heading down. I like the contrast of the golden grass with the white snow
Coyote working its way through the scrub
Mount Van Cott - January 20th
Van Cott from the west
Worked my way up to the old Jeep road
Dry Canyon and the Avenues Twin Peaks, where I was the day before
A little more snow on this one than the twin peak hike
Summit shot. My fingers froze setting up the tripod and never really recovered
Elk on the south slope of Black Mountain Ridge
Zoomed in
Back at the Sube.
And then the quickest way that I have found to warm up is to have some chips and ghost pepper salsa when I get home. Makes one forget about frozen digits. From
to
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A cup of green tea would be nice too.
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Gosh, some cold temps up north. Brrrrrr! Am hanging out down here in the desert near Organ Pipe Cactus NM. A little chilly lately, even all the way down here. Most of the winter has been wonderful. But lately the highs only in the 60s. Yesterday here in the desert it was only in the high 50s during the day and the upper 20s at night. But it is January. Stay warm everyone. Can't wait for spring and to be in the high wild and green Absarokas again.
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Nice jaunt up Mount Wire this morning. A fine day for a hike until I got to the top where the winds were nasty. I made a hasty retreat off the summit and stopped for a snack on my way back down without the wind.
Wire in the clouds
Maple on snow
Trail was icy in the shade
Some kind of bird. This was the only wildlife sighting on this hike
Making my way up George's Hollow
The trail goes on the far side of that mountain mahogany way up there on the hill.
Zoomed in on the mahogany
Curled oak levels that I thought were cool
Some kind of small critter breaking trail for me.
Reaching the sunlight near the saddle on the east side of Red Butte
Red Butte Canyon
Some red still in the oak leaves
The beacon is in view
Scat shadow
Arriving at the beacon
Valley shot
Shot along the Mount Wire Ridge looking towards Lookout Peak
Emigration Canyon
Grandeur Peak summit, popping up over Parley's Ridge
Beacon Hill benchmark
It was so cold, and the wind was blowing so hard that I didn't get a chance to set the tripod up to take a summit shot, so you are
left with this. I couldn't feel my face.
This little guy was just off the summit as I made my way back down
Found a dry spot on the saddle by Red Butte where I enjoyed some fig newtons and broke out the zoom lens for some shots from
just up the trail behind me.
A couple with a couple of pooches on the summit of Van Cott, where I was the week before
Zoomed in on Grandview peaking above the Black Mountain Ridge
Zoomed in on the summit of Lookout Peak
Oregon grape
West side of Wire
Cloudless Wire on my way down near the Shoreline Trail
Back at the dirty Sube.
Wire in the clouds
Maple on snow
Trail was icy in the shade
Some kind of bird. This was the only wildlife sighting on this hike
Making my way up George's Hollow
The trail goes on the far side of that mountain mahogany way up there on the hill.
Zoomed in on the mahogany
Curled oak levels that I thought were cool
Some kind of small critter breaking trail for me.
Reaching the sunlight near the saddle on the east side of Red Butte
Red Butte Canyon
Some red still in the oak leaves
The beacon is in view
Scat shadow
Arriving at the beacon
Valley shot
Shot along the Mount Wire Ridge looking towards Lookout Peak
Emigration Canyon
Grandeur Peak summit, popping up over Parley's Ridge
Beacon Hill benchmark
It was so cold, and the wind was blowing so hard that I didn't get a chance to set the tripod up to take a summit shot, so you are
left with this.
I couldn't feel my face. This little guy was just off the summit as I made my way back down
Found a dry spot on the saddle by Red Butte where I enjoyed some fig newtons and broke out the zoom lens for some shots from
just up the trail behind me.
A couple with a couple of pooches on the summit of Van Cott, where I was the week before
Zoomed in on Grandview peaking above the Black Mountain Ridge
Zoomed in on the summit of Lookout Peak
Oregon grape
West side of Wire
Cloudless Wire on my way down near the Shoreline Trail
Back at the dirty Sube.
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